Originally Posted by
DVPGSR
Actually it is only in certain areas that laws have been passed like that after small minorities were able to convince sympathetic judges. In large areas of hte country public displays of religion are not an issue.
The displays is most of the country are not an issue because those areas are either homogeneous or the minorities are cowed and afraid to challenge the majority. Just because a local population chooses to ignore the substance of a particular law doesn't mean the law doesn't exist.
Anal sex, for example, is illegal in a few states. How often do you suppose John Law gives it to John Q Public up the ass for that one?